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From Demon to Darling : A Legal History of Wine in America /

Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told...

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Autor principal: Mendelson, Richard, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day--and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780520943209